9H Literary Devices Review

What device is a reference to a well-known person, place, or event outside of the text?

What is the purpose of alliteration in writing?

What is a story with a hidden meaning called? It can be read in two ways: literally or figuratively.

Which of the following is an example of irony?

What literary device is used? "The blanket wrapped me in a warm embrace"

What is a word that means the OPPOSITE of another word?

What device is present in this example? "Her grief was as vast and unending as the ocean after a storm"

Which literary device is present in this example: "She sells sea shells" or "world wide web"

This device is used to build suspense and show the unexpected. There are 3 types: dramatic, situational, and verbal

What literary device is used? "The firework boomed into the night sky, crackling like a thousand tiny stars"

This device is the author's attitude towards the topic

Which literary device is being used? "The wind howled through the trees like a lonely wolf"

What is it called when the author appeals to the five senses using vivid description?

Which device is a figure of speech that uses deliberate exaggeration or overstatement?

What is annotation?

Which of the following contain a metaphor?

TRUE OR FALSE: Connotation is the dictionary definition of the word.

What is personification?